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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE
Volume 8, Issue 59, Pages 761-775Publisher
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2010.0487
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biomimetics; bionics; biomimicry; textiles; fibres
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The natural world around us provides excellent examples of functional systems built with a handful of materials. Throughout the millennia, nature has evolved to adapt and develop highly sophisticated methods to solve problems. There are numerous examples of functional surfaces, fibrous structures, structural colours, self-healing, thermal insulation, etc., which offer important lessons for the textile products of the future. This paper provides a general overview of the potential of bioinspired textile structures by highlighting a few specific examples of pertinent, inherently sustainable biological systems. Biomimetic research is a rapidly growing field and its true potential in the development of new and sustainable textiles can only be realized through interdisciplinary research rooted in a holistic understanding of nature.
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